Following Lama Yeshe’s death in 1984, this vision has been guided by his close student, Lama Zopa.

The Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom also takes its inspiration from The Dalai Lama (Patron of FDCW), one of the world’s leading advocates for bringing about a better world through the promotion of positive human values in education.

How we teach

Mindfulness practice is central to all Universal Education programmes: unless each person can develop the ability to focus attention and observe what is actually happening in their mind, it is extremely difficult to bring about any deep-rooted and long-lasting change.Other methods include: